Jacqueline Toal

1. Did meeting in Estonia fulfill your reason for attending?

The study visit was interesting and it was useful to see some examples of Best practice in Estonia, especially the tiger leap, as i was interested in the international collaboration projects that had been established for the "anim tiger", .

It was also interesting to find out information on Educational freesoftware, that was provided by the ICT coordinator from the Gustav Adolf Grammar Ingrid Maadvere some of the sources (education freesoftware.com) that had been provided offered links to a variety of free downloadable software that could be used in my college in many subject areas.

Also it was interesting to see the use of the Eschool this was a good practice as it integrated good communication networks for parents so that they could easily access student progress.

Moodle also with the variety of elearning content and template function was beneficial

However i had been interested in developing a leonardo project idea in the area of sharing practice on multimedia such as graphic design, web design, art and animation in the ICT area although this is more of a vocational area.


2. What was the most interesting for you?

The Tiger leap project ´this collaborative website promoting elearning in artistic ways such as combining mutlimedia in a central portal was useful.

The ICT Collaboration sharing of information on Opensource software.

The Toondoo comic books, this interactive comic book site was extremely interesting especially as a means of narrative image making and conveying an idea visually, this would complement the curriculum and part of my course development and as part of teaching

It was very good to meet such a wealth of people of diverse backgrounds and learn information about different approaches to ICT, learning, and levels of education processes.

3. What do you think about Estonia?

Estonia was fascinating, both in terms of the culture and also the food, architecture and the friendlness of the people. It was beautiful in the old town overall and especially good to have a guided tour of some of the main focal points in the town. We had been given plenty of information about the history and also the education process. Lots of good use of ICT in some of the schools and was impressive to see that alot of the young students could speak english very well. Overall a most enjoyable experience with many new things learnt.